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Pakistan Moves PPP Authority to Privatisation Division After PM’s In‑Principle Approval

Centralized control of federal public‑private projects is meant to speed decisions.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who chaired a high‑level meeting Tuesday, gave in‑principle approval to overhaul the Public‑Private Partnership Authority.
  • The government will place the authority under the Privatisation Division with oversight from the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation to tighten governance.
  • The prime minister ordered ministries to build skills to originate PPP projects and to count those projects in their Key Performance Indicators.
  • Officials reviewed how other countries run public‑private partnerships and briefed the meeting on features of the proposed new system.
  • He directed faster rollout of the changes, signaling a push to shorten approvals and create clearer accountability for projects that use private capital.